Hi Jerry i had a great time too. I almost didn't go because I had such a heavy schedule this weekend, but I paid for a table and my friend Mike convinced me to come. I grabbed about one box worth of good cylinders, and a Columbia Grafonola, which was all I had ready to sell, and I ended up almost selling out! Comparing that to the last two years when I have taken several nice machines and only sold maybe one, and that makes this year's show great. I did hear from several that they thought it was slow, and I did see many dealers packing up early, but maybe the slower pace was what made it great. I only see some of these dealers and collectors once a year, so there's a lot of catching up to do. There were some very nice machines there this year; Pat Jones had made a haul and brought some really nice stuff in. Also the Oliphants had their usual mixture of stuff, and I noticed that their prices were especially good this year it seems. I bought an absolutely gorgeous Diamond Disc A-250 from them (the one that looks like an Amberola 1A for a fantastically low price. It is a real jewel of a machine. It also has the horn painted to look like mahogany, and it didn't have any grille cloth originally. I removed the new grille cloth that had been tacked onto the back, because the horn paint is extremely well preserved. There were lots of cylinders, 2 minte and 4; last year I don't remember there being many 2 minute wax at all. I bought about 15 or so, an some Diamond Discs. There weren't as many parts this year, I don't think, and the Wyatt's weren't there, unfortunately. Charley Hummel was there, and Tom Hawthorne, it is always nice to see them, and of course Jerry Blais! Good show all around. John Robles
DeeDee Blais <deedeebl...@yahoo.com> wrote: I just returned from the CAPS show and wondered how other people enjoyed the sale. I thought it was the best CAPS event ever. The banquet with guest speakers Joan and Rob Rolf was very interesting. The sale had more machines and records than any prior California event. I had a good time and was glad I attended. Jerry Blais __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list Phono-L@oldcrank.org Phono-L Archive http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ Support Phono-L http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank
